Paul McGill Beeston (born June 20, 1945), C.M., B.A., LL.D., F.C.A., is the former President and Chief Operating Officer of Major League Baseball and former President and Chief Executive Officer of the Toronto Blue Jays.

Born in Welland, Ontario, he earned a Bachelor of Arts in Economics and Political Science from the University of Western Ontario in 1967. He obtained his Chartered Accountant designation in 1971 and worked for Coopers & Lybrand until 1976. He was the first employee of the Toronto Blue Jays joining in 1976. He became Vice President, Business Operations in 1977, Executive Vice President, Business in 1984, President and Chief Operating Officer in 1989, and President and Chief Executive Officer in 1991. From 1997 until 2002 he was President and Chief Operating Officer of Major League Baseball.

In 1988, he was named a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Ontario and was made a Member of the Order of Canada.

He was awarded an honourary Doctor of Laws degree from the University of Western Ontario in 1994 and an honourary Doctor of Social Sciences from Niagara University in 2001.

In 1998 he was elected to the Board of Directors of the Baseball Hall of Fame and in 2002 he was inducted in the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame.

He is married to Kaye and they have two children, Aimee and David.

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